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Lord Dunmore had contacted Capt. Montague of the Fowey to send him military assistance early in May. The town was a tense place in the days after the Gunpowder Incident. By May 19, things have quieted down, Lady Dunmore is once again in residence and the hated marines who "stole" the gunpowder have returned to their ship. However, unknown to the populace, they have booby trapped the Public Magazine.
British soldiers were contemptuously called "lobsters"; A Boiled crab refers to the marine's uniforms.

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Intended to provide a glimpse into the breadth of subject matter in the Gazette, excerpts from the 18th-century Virginia Gazette have been chosen for every day of the year and annotated by staff of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.

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